Have you been contaminated?

**NicholasP** · 01-03-2007,03:46 PM

I remember that! Last year I lived in Windsor and my local was Shell..and one day they pulled all their card machines...was a bit of a drama!

Didn't know why at the time tho..

**Teutonic_Tamer** · 01-03-2007,04:22 PM

Originally Posted by eshrules

Nice one for putting the linky up, i saw this on the news last night but missed the report because of a screaming sprog

Your burd dont look old enough to have a sprog!

fx/on <runs for cover> fx/off

**Teutonic_Tamer** · 01-03-2007,04:41 PM

Originally Posted by NicholasP

Furthermore, if you've just spent a big portion of your income on a brand new motor..or if you care about your current motor...are you really going to be rushing off to Tescos to fill up in the hope that your tank won't be contaminated?

Yes, I use Tesco 99 RON, made by Greenergy, and is the official fuel of the British Rally Championship: http://www.greenergy.co.uk/products/99_octane.html. Here's why I use it: http://www.thorneymotorsport.co.uk/g...%3D0%26toc%3D1.

Greenergys "normal" 95 RON unleaded is used by Tesco, and also other independent petrol retailers, so why arn't they having probs too!

Originally Posted by NicholasP

No..you'll be off to Shell..BP...Sainsburys..Texaco..Jet....etc

Not necessarily. Firstly, modern VAG motors need 98 RON unleaded, and the ONLY filling stations who stock at least 98 RON are Tesco 99 and Shell V-Power (also 99 RON). All the "other" super unleaded sold by the other oil co's is only 97 RON. In mainland Europe, super unleaded must be a minimum of 98 RON, but here in the UK, we get shafted with lesser quality products, and they never put the price of SU on the boards either!

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Secondly, even the "big" oil companies get it very wrong. Remember the "Formula Shell" debacle from the 1980s, which was a new additives pack in unleaded, but caused very agressive valve seat recession. Shell tried to worm their way out of it, but were eventually proven to be liable, and had to withdraw Formula Shell from the market!

Originally Posted by NicholasP

I dont think it matters if Tesco or Morrisons drop their fuel prices to 75p..that is not gonna satisfy your average risk averse consumer

Oh, I think it will. Even if you half fill with Tesco or Morrison, then top up with someone elses, 20p a litre soon adds up, especially when you struggle to get 200miles from a 66litre tank.

**Eshrules** · 01-03-2007,04:42 PM

Originally Posted by Lisa B8

I know im "only" a female

but i have just heard that this involves shell petrols as well.

shell as well? do we know if this is totally limited to the SE?? and is it only "petrol" or are we talking diesel as well here?

Originally Posted by Teutonic_Tamer

Your burd dont look old enough to have a sprog!

fx/on <runs for cover> fx/off

LOL there you go again, you silly old fool LOL i never said it was our sprog did i

that'll teach you to make presumptions

**ian** · 01-03-2007,04:45 PM

Originally Posted by eshrules

LOL there you go again, you silly old fool LOL i never said it was our sprog did i

that'll teach you to make presumptions

LoL

**Teutonic_Tamer** · 01-03-2007,04:47 PM

Originally Posted by Dave Avant

Another reason not to use Supermarket fuel!!!

Its cheaper for a reason!!!

And that reason is they take less profit margin, compared to the branded fuel stations. The loss in profit is probably subsidised from the high prices charged say on the Tesco Finest ranges!

Originally Posted by Dave Avant

I can't see how it can break the sensors, I'd be looking more at the cats as I think the problem would be the sensor picking up on something not correct in the emissions.

I'm with you all the way on that. If the O2 sensor had failed, a surface deposit should be visible, and could quite easily be tested in a lab.

**Teutonic_Tamer** · 01-03-2007,04:53 PM

Originally Posted by richjthorpe

If you ask me, Tesco has always had crap petrol. I used to drive and imported MR2 that would usually run of 100 RON in Japan but ran fine on 97/98 RON in the UK. I gave Tesco's 99 RON a go and filled up the tank, the car started flatspotting and the power just wasn't there. Switched back to Shell Super UL and the car ran fine. Decided to try another tank of Tesco's 99 RON but exactly the same happened.

Your opinion of Tesco 99 seems to be at odds with published independent research. Don't forget, not all Tesco sites have the 99 RON stuff, many still have 97 RON as their super unleaded.

Log onto some of the Scooby or Evo boards, and they all swear by either V-Power and/or Tesco 99.

At the end of the day, all fuels sold in the UK must comply with certain standards (the old British Standards, now superceeded by EN standards).

**Teutonic_Tamer** · 01-03-2007,04:58 PM

Originally Posted by MalcQV

Petrol stations in the same area regardless of brand do tend to get their supplies from the same refinery I believe.

That is true for the majority of "branded" stations, but Tesco and Morrisions use Greenergy as their supplier. When Morrisons first started their petrol stations, they initially used Texaco as their supplier, but since jumping on the "Eco" bandwagon, with Bioethanol, Greenergy is the one for them now!